On to Manila. Last September the 49th’s Ninth squadron was the first U.S. fighter outfit to hit the Philippines. In October the Forty-niners arrived on Leyte, to base there. They could boast of ...
The crash occurred at about 12:49 p.m., according to Col ... assigned to Eielson Air Force Base squadrons — the 355th Fighter Squadron and the 356th Fighter Squadron. Townsend also asked ...